Description

 Rashomon (1950)

In 12th century Japan, a samurai and his wife are attacked by the notorious bandit Tajomaru, and the samurai ends up dead. Tajomaru is captured shortly afterward and is put on trial, but his story and the wife's are so completely different that a psychic is brought in to allow the murdered man to give his own testimony. He tells yet another completely different story. Finally, a woodcutter who found the body reveals that he saw the whole thing, and his version is again completely different from the others. Who is telling the truth?

This film is often sited as one of the top films ever from Japan.

Toshir? Mifune ... Taj?maru
Machiko Ky? ... Masako Kanazawa
Masayuki Mori ... Takehiro Kanazawa
Takashi Shimura ... Woodcutter
Minoru Chiaki ... Priest
Kichijiro Ueda ... Commoner
Fumiko Honma ... Medium
Daisuke Kat? ... Policeman

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Nominated for Oscar.
 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/

Codecs: OpenDivX 4 / MP3

Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (hard-coded)